In what is the largest new menu rollout in its 75-year history, the Dairy Queen system, a Berkshire Hathaway company, today announced the roll-out of the new DQ Bakes! menu with nine innovative products across three categories: Hot Desserts à la Mode, Artisan-style Sandwiches, and Snack Melts. The...

Like other trends that embrace certain extremes and require more than a touch of sacrifice on the part of followers, the raw food movement’s appeal has been—up to this point, anyway—fairly limited.
It is unknown exactly how many Americans today completely eschew cooked foods and stick to a diet...

Neither of us came from a background of restaurateurs. Starting out, we were simply a couple of college students in the same fraternity at the University of Florida who liked to eat food. Both of us were in business-focused majors, and we took a look at the quick-serve market in our college area...

Many of the themes at the Menus of Change conference have been obvious issues for the restaurant industry, including antibiotic-treated protein, sustainable agriculture, and more nutritious plates among others.
But on the final day, Friday, presenters broached the important but less obvious topic...

Pei Wei Fresh Kitchen, a fast casual focused on Asian cuisine and wok’d-to-order dishes, is broadening its focus to help the thousands affected by the damaging storms Mother Nature has been doling out over the last two weeks.
Relentless rainfall in southern Texas has bested levies and left many...

Let’s talk money.
First, the good news: There is plenty of money available for foodservice operators and brands looking to grow or strengthen their concepts. Stakeholders from across the restaurant financial services spectrum agree on that. U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) financing is at a...

For many years, Europe has had stronger protection against credit card fraud than the U.S. But now that technology is making its way stateside.
Scores of retailers, including quick-serve operators, will begin using EMV chip card technology to more effectively combat the pervasive and costly problem...

At Menus of Change, chefs, C-suite execs, nutritionists, and health policy experts alike preached a mission to imbue the foodservice industry with healthier menu options. But as compelling as these appeals were, most begged the simple question of how.
Consumers and operators worried that they would...

Starbucks Coffee Company today announced an elevated digital news experience for the Starbucks mobile app, the result of an expanded relationship with The New York Times Company, which publishes one of the most widely read and authoritative news publications in the world. As part of the...

Starbucks is bringing back a customer favorite, the Mocha Coconut Frappuccino blended beverage. It’s available beginning on July 23 in participating U.S. and Canada Starbucks stores while supplies last.

Mocha Coconut Frappuccino blended beverage is made with Starbucks signature...

Villa Enterprises, global multi-brand restaurant operator and franchisor, announced they have renamed South Philly Steaks & Fries, and redesigned the popular, nearly thirty-year-old quick serve restaurant concept to South Philly Cheesesteaks & Fries. When the new South Philly Cheesesteak...

Brevard Achievement Center (BAC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency headquartered in Rockledge, Florida, that serves people with disabilities, announced that it will bring the first of five Teriyaki Madness restaurants to Florida under the ownership of Brevard Achievement Center Franchise LLC (BAC...

Penn Station East Coast Subs, the fast-casual restaurant known for its grilled, made-to-order sub sandwiches, will celebrate its annual “Fry Day” Thursday, July 16, by giving away the brand’s signature made-to-order, fresh-cut fries with any sub purchase.

The overall perception of quick-service restaurants has trended downward as a category with Subway still managing to maintain its brand as the top achiever for the period. Subway decided to forgo the use of artificial ingredients in its menu and showed America how much it loved guacamole by...

Blimpie, the iconic American sandwich chain, has recently announced the Everything Italian promotion, featuring a flavorful new bread paired with several of Blimpie's delicious subs. This limited-time offer will begin on July 6 and run through October 5.

For 15-year-old Michael Kincade, his dream of meeting Mike Trout, MVP center fielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, got a little sweeter when Chronic Tacos helped fulfill his wish by donating the opportunity to throw the honorary first pitch of the June 23 Angels game against the Houston...

A study sponsored by CKE brand Hardee’s revealed a correlation between a restaurant’s interior design and its customers’ healthy dining habits.While the study, “Music & Light,” was conducted at Cornell University’s Food and Brand lab in Ithaca, New York, in 20

The minimum wage is on the mind of most quick-service operators today, especially as many states and cities pass regulations that bump the minimum wage upward.But when Moo Cluck Moo founder Brian Parker and his team first sat down to discuss employee pay, he says, the minimum wage wasn’t even